CORPUS CHRISTI - A 56-year-old man is recovering in a hospital after being shot Wednesday night at his home in Flour Bluff.

Officers continue to search for the shooter, a police spokesman said.

The man was watching television about 9:15 p.m. at his home in the 200 block of Hialeah Drive when an unknown man opened the front door and fired at him with a handgun before fleeing, police said.

The man was shot once in his torso. He is listed in stable condition at Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial. His name has not been released.

Police said the man was able to give a vague description of his attacker at the scene. Detectives are waiting for him to gain strength before questioning him further, said Lt. Michael Alanis, of the Corpus Christi Police Department.

"There is some preliminary information that detectives are working with," he said.

The man told police he did not know his attacker or why he opened fire.